In the secret treasure of the Dragon Burial Immortal Emperor, Li Bai and Qi Ji Guang descended from the rooftop. The tallest and most magnificent structure here was not ornate but rather monochrome. In front of the building stood a stone tablet, ten feet high. As the two approached, they saw that due to the great passage of time, it was almost entirely worn smooth, with nothing left on it.
They walked around the stone tablet and after about fifty steps, they arrived at the grand hall.
"Tens of thousands of excavations, countless beings swarming here, yet this structure can still remain so intact. It's truly remarkable," Li Bai said.
Looking at the hall door before him, Li Bai reached out and touched the carved runes. As he released immortal energy and poured in divine power, the faint, indistinct runes began to flow slightly. However, it was to no avail; after only a few breaths, the struggling runes still shattered.
"How is it?" Qi Ji Guang asked, noticing the change in Li Bai's expression.
"Besides sensing a few life signatures from different eras, there's no valuable information," Li Bai retracted his hand and shook his head in disappointment.
"There are no signs of combat outside this hall. It's unlikely there's any inheritance or immortal treasure inside," Qi Ji Guang turned around, scanning the area around the great hall. There were no traces left by any living beings, a stark contrast to the burnt ruins not far away.
"That's likely!" Li Bai nodded in agreement. Such a massive structure, preserved intact to this day, could only mean one thing: there was nothing valuable inside, and thus no beings fought over it here. Sudannovel.com
"Creak~~"
As Li Bai spoke, he pushed open the hall door. The interior was cavernous. However, to Li Bai and Qi Ji Guang's surprise, the floorboards inside had been pried up by beings, with traces of their efforts left at the edges.
"The floorboards in this hall were likely paved with immortal stones. These beings truly left nothing, not even the floor!" Qi Ji Guang chuckled wryly and shook his head. He stepped into the center of the hall and looked up. Above, there were only a few levels, but it was pitch black. Occasionally, sounds like the clashing of metal could be heard. Li Bai followed, also looking up. Before long, they ascended to the second level. It was only on the second level that they could discern the source of the clashing sounds from above.
In the center of the third-level ceiling hung a complete human skeleton, about ten feet tall, bound by countless iron chains. Blood-red runes also faintly swirled around it.
"Who did this being offend in life to be so cruelly sealed here, suppressed for an entire era!"
As they looked at the human skeleton suspended in the air, their faces suddenly changed. The ends of the iron chains, along with the faintly swirling blood-red runes, suddenly flared with light.
Crackling sounds echoed throughout the empty pavilion, like ghostly wails or infant cries. Two blue flames ignited in the hollow eye sockets of the skeleton. The iron chains binding it shattered, and the faintly moving runes in the darkness surged into the skull of the human skeleton.
As if possessing consciousness, the human skeleton turned slightly, wielding a massive blue saber. It wore a human-like smile and unleashed a saber strike that shattered the entire hall. Outside, the stone tablet suddenly erupted with terrifying immortal energy, and a grand formation centered on the tablet condensed, trapping Li Bai and Qi Ji Guang.
Li Bai held his long sword, while Qi Ji Guang's gaze narrowed, his armor shimmering with a dark green light.
"Clang!"
Li Bai unleashed a sword strike that shook the entire formation. Amidst the dust and falling debris from the shattered hall, his sword emerged, clashing with the blue-flaming saber.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion erupted, and a massive storm sent all the lingering debris flying!
"It's a peerless immortal treasure!" Li Bai frowned, sensing the three-foot sword in his hand. He then unleashed a powerful punch, like a tiger's roar, striking the skeleton. Half of the skeleton instantly shattered, only to be fully repaired in the blink of an eye.
Observing this, Qi Ji Guang looked at his fists. He knew his punch could shatter an ordinary Golden Immortal, yet this skeleton could automatically repair itself, its regenerative power astonishingly terrifying.
"Attack its eye sockets!" Li Bai's gaze flashed as he focused on the faintly glowing blue flames. A sword strike followed, and as he spoke, his sword moved like a poem in the void. The moment its sword energy stirred, the blue flames in the skeleton's eyes flickered. The skeleton swung its saber, instantly anticipating Li Bai's attack and blocking his earth-shattering sword strike with its peerless immortal treasure saber.
The saber shattered, but instantly became as good as new!
"General Qi!" Li Bai called out. With a sword strike, terrifying sword energy shattered the stone tablet, and the formation dissipated. The sharpness of his sword strike seemed to drag the entire area into an abyss of ice. A single sword energy, less than ten feet from the skeleton, split into a thousand streams, sealing off the skeleton's surroundings.
Controlled by the blue flames, the skeleton desperately protected its eye sockets. As long as the flames remained unharmed, its body could instantly regenerate.
Qi Ji Guang raised his fists, wearing a pair of dark green gloves. These were peerless immortal treasures forged specifically for him by Gan Jiang. His punch descended like a tidal wave, engulfing the skeleton's entire body, but ninety-nine percent of his intent was directed at the eye sockets of its skull.
Under the assault of fist intent and sword energy from all sides, the skeleton's body exploded in various places. The saber shattered, and its arms disintegrated.
"Roar!"
With a powerful roar, the flames in the skeleton's eye sockets erupted into the sky. Within the blue world, a majestic figure stood with its back to Li Bai and Qi Ji Guang. The figure slightly raised its right hand, and the scattered bone fragments instantly fused together, forming a blood-red flying dagger.
The majestic figure vanished. Qi Ji Guang reached out and caught the blood-red flying dagger. Four large characters were inscribed on it: Dragon Burial Secret Key!
"Dragon Burial Secret Key?"
"What is this thing?" Qi Ji Guang asked, looking at the flying dagger in his palm.
"Let's put it away for now. It might be useful later. Did you get a good look at that figure just now?" Li Bai's face was slightly pale.
"No. The harder I tried to see it clearly, the more blurry the figure became, like air. It was right before my eyes, yet nowhere to be grasped!" Qi Ji Guang shook his head.